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June 9 • 2016 7 Karen and Norman z"l Pollak Honor the Jewish Values of Their Parents Through a Gift to the Centennial Fund Securing Our Future Fund will ensure that the Pollaks' legacy continues to help their fellow Jews for many generations to come. The Centennial Fund is the central endowment campaign for ensuring the long-term security of Jewish Detroit. Norman was an Orthopedic Surgeon and Karen a school guidance counselor and both strongly believed in the power of education. "Jewish education was important to our parents and always emphasized in our home," says Karen. "Knowing how critical security is for our day schools in the present climate, I decided to name Jewish School Security as one of the beneficiaries of this gift." The donation will also support Escorted Transportation. "Our mother lived to be 101 and there were times when she needed transportation," she recalls. "Respect and good treatment of our elders is an important Jewish value that we were taught growing up. Tzedakah is something that was ingrained in us from a very early age and I am very happy to keep this tradition alive with this donation to the Centennial Fund." "I feel it is important to support the Jewish community and its causes because if we don't support our own, who else will?" These are the words of Karen Pollak, a longtime supporter of Federation and Jewish Detroit who, on behalf of her brother Norman (z"l) Pollak, is a recent donor to the Centen- nial Fund. "We grew up in a home in which our parents, Perrie and Alexander, donated to many Jewish causes and always belonged to a synagogue. Norman would often quote my father as saying 'you take care of your own.'" In particular, Karen remembers her parents' support for their fellow Jews who had been in the Holocaust and their love for the state of Israel. This deep commitment formed the basis of Norman and Karen's own commitment to the Jewish people. Throughout his life, Norman was an advocate and supporter of both Israel and his local Jewish community, and he remained a generous, though quiet, donor. Their gift to the Centennial